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,~-=†$£##@     ####,-- fermi's paradox --,####      @##£$†=-~,
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,,,,,~-=†£ on earth (the  planet  where  i live)  a £†=-~,,,,,
,~-=†$£#@@ lot of  us  have antennas on our  houses @@#£$†=-~,
,,~~---†£# or  balconies,  we   have  built   large #£†---~~,,
,,,~-†††£@ antennas  for  larger bandwith,  we have @£†††-~,,,
,~-=†$£#@#     build specialized antennaes for      #@#£$†=-~,
,~-=†$££££   specific wavelengths (and sent them    ££££$†=-~,
,~-=†$££££ into orbit), we've built large  as  fuck ££££$†=-~,
,~-=†$£#@#              antenna arrays              #@#£$†=-~,
,~-=††$$#@ we've virtually built an antenna with  a @#$$††=-~,
,~-=†$£#@#         dish as large as earth.          #@#£$†=-~,
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,~-=†$£#@# we've learned about our position  in the #@#£$†=-~,
,~-=††$£##     solar system, our solar systems      ##£$††=-~,
,,,,---=$# placement  in   the   galaxy,  and   our #$=---,,,,
,~-=†$£#@# galaxys placement in the local  cluster, #@#£$†=-~,
,~-=$£#@## and  -our- local clusters  place in  the ##@#£$=-~,
,~-=†$£#@#          grand scheme of things          #@#£$†=-~,
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,~-=†$£#@# and  we're  moving  around  the  sun  at #@#£$†=-~,
,~-=†$£### velocity  and the suns moving around the ###£$†=-~,
,,~---††£@ center  of  the galaxy at  velocity  and @£††---~,,
,,,,,,~=†£ the  galaxy  is  moving toward andromeda £†=~,,,,,,
,~-=†$$$$#   and we're both moving anticlockwise    #$$$$†=-~,
,~-=†$£#@# around the  galaxy. and we  as a species #@#£$†=-~,
,~-=†£#@## have learned to take all that in account ##@#£†=-~,
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,,,~~=†££# and  despite  all this,  despite all our #££†=~~,,,
,~-=†$£#@#   (cliche) beaming of fucking stellar    #@#£$†=-~,
,~-=†$£#@@ radio programmes  out  in fucking  space @@#£$†=-~,
,~---†$£#@ at  the  speed  of  light  (light is our @#£$†---~,
,~-=†$£££# medium! goodspeed you, black emperor!),  #£££$†=-~,
,~-=†$£#@#      despite ghosts helping and the      #@#£$†=-~,
,~-=†$£#@#     collective consciousness lowpass     #@#£$†=-~,
,~-=†$£#@#    filtering, despite our very obvious   #@#£$†=-~,
,~-=†$£#@# beaming  of  all  our  secrets  in every #@#£$†=-~,
,,,,,,-†$£          direction known to us,          £$†-,,,,,,
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,~-=$£#@## no   ,   one    ,    has   ,    answered ##@#£$=-~,
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,~-=†$£#@#             #,,,--------,,,#             #@#£$†=-~,
,~-=†$£#@#     ####,-- fermi's paradox --,####      #@#£$†=-~,
,~-=†$£#@#             #,,,--------,,,#             #@#£$†=-~,
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,~~~-==†£@             so why is that?              @£†==-~~~,
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,~-=†$£#@# most  opponents  to intelligent life  in #@#£$†=-~,
,~-=†$£#@@ the universe say it's  because you  need @@#£$†=-~,
,~---=$$$£ a  class  one-or-the-other star  and the £$$$=---~,
,,,---†£## planet  needs  to  be  at  a  see-and-so ##£†---,,,
,~-=†$£#@# distance away  from the star (like there #@#£$†=-~,
,~-=†$£#@#           has to be a planet!)           #@#£$†=-~,
,~-=†$£#@@                                          @@#£$†=-~,
,,,,,~=†££ but  really  isn't  that   keeping   the ££†=~,,,,,
,,,~~=†££#      definition of life really lax?      #££†=~~,,,
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,~-=†$£#@# i think  everyone agrees that we have no #@#£$†=-~,
,,,,,~-†$£ idea what we're  doing  (and it probably £$†-~,,,,,
,~--=††£££                  shows)                  £££††=--~,
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,~-=†$£#@#             #,,,--------,,,#             #@#£$†=-~,
,,,,~~~=$£      ####,-- fermi's paradox --,####     £$=~~~,,,,
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,~-=†$£#@# i'm gonna  go  smoke my third  cigarette #@#£$†=-~,
,~-=†$£#@# this year and try to  snatch some  beers #@#£$†=-~,
,,,,,,~=$#        from the local beer thing         #$=~,,,,,,
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